SCORCHED EARTH, 2013
Yellow dirt sticks on leaves and branches.
A Kambangist parade with flutes and drums.
The distinctive smell of charred vegetation.
makala.
Slash-and-burn to open fields.
Bonfires in the hour of sunset.
Piles of metal, plastic, bones and batteries
going up in orange flames.
Often the only source of light.
THUMBS